Further reflections on press bias: What are the odds of a picture of an uncomfortable McCain holding a crying baby appearing vs the odds of a smiling Obama holding an adorable baby appearing in the paper of record.

laff laff but I wouldn't want my baby crowd-surfed, yet the wee one doesn't seem to mind - the strange sensations of being handled in this manner wore off quickly I imagine and the infant soon realized the loss of eye contact/touch with a parent and sttarted wailing at which time the child was deemed a Republican and cast to the floor

It's possible that the baby's father is the man in the blue shirt. If that's the case, this isn't about crowdsurfing but the crowd supporting an overreach. Not like we haven't seen that before.

I'm not really taking this too seriously, but I know babies. The reactions of the three babies can't be compared. There's a stage in which many babies don't mind being held by strangers; I'm guessing that the baby in the first photo is in that stage. It certainly appears older than the other two babies. If I'm correct about the point above, that baby has yet to be out of its parent's hands, which also makes him/her less likely to cry.

Baby kissing is a practice where politicians kiss babies in order to garner public support. The practice appears to have originated during the Jacksonian democracy along with other techniques such as "banners, badges, parades, barbecues, free drinks and baby kissing [which were used] in an effort to 'get out the vote'".[1] Although baby kissing is often portrayed as standard campaign fare, this technique is rarely used in modern elections.

A politician has just walked by dozens of people, shaking all of their hands. Now that his hands are covered in germs from scads of random strangers, do you really want that politician touching your baby?

A politician has just walked by dozens of people, shaking all of their hands. Now that his hands are covered in germs from scads of random strangers, do you really want that politician touching your baby?

Well not just any politician but if that politician is Barrack Hussein Obama doing the touching, that baby will probably start walking, be potty trained and not suffer the pain of teething. After that he'll change water into baby formula.

Wait, I thought babies already controlled the government. Remember when Speaker Pelosi said that... "the gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America's children"?

The picture of Bush and the baby is the best one. It's just really a great picture. I hope the parents have the sense to get a really nice one printed up and framed (which is what parents want for their baby, right?) because it's just a really great picture.